Male, Maldives

Wednesday we arrived Male, Maldives and now you will get the lamest blog entry yet! We were supposed to go on a two hour walking tour of Male, but we decided not to go. Here are our excuses: We were both still feeling really sick from this darn cold. It was already +30 at 7:00 in the morning. We had watched the port talk, and there really didn't seem to be much of interest in Male unless you were going to be snorkeling, which was not offered as a tour option. And finally, you had to take the tender to get to shore, and it just seemed like an extra level of hassle for a tour we didn't want to go on anyway. Firmly in agreement, we decided to stay on board and do our laundry, which turned out to be a great choice! We had the laundry room almost to ourselves (trust me, this was a big deal!) and had three loads done in two hours – a record during our time on the ship. Once our buddies who did go on the walking tour returned to the ship they told us that we had made the right decision – they were basically herded from place to place with no information given to them by the guide, and it was so unbearably hot that everyone was completely miserable. We had a very good view of this extremely small island capital from our stateroom, and the water was just as beautiful from our vantage point as it would have been had we gone ashore. Sometimes you just need a day off, even in paradise!